Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Summer is here and with summer comes swim team. Children from neighborhoods all over Atlanta practice each day for a chance to go to the county meet. I myself was on a summer swim team for 15 some odd years and loved getting to hang out with kids from my neighborhood and starting the day off being in a pool for an hour or so. Practice consists of laps, laps and more laps. Butterfly, breast stroke, freestyle and back stroke or some combination of the four, sometimes just using your legs and sometimes just your arms to get down the length of the pool. This summer the City of Atlanta Dolphins practice at the Adamsville Natatorium and has around 100 swimmers on the team coached by Tommy Jackson. Jackson has over 30 years of experience coaching college, high school and summer swim teams.
Jamovia Womack (right) uses a kickboard as she swims laps with Isaam Bradley during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Alexandre Grand’Pierre switches out his leg immobilizers for a kickboard as he swims laps during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Sanaa Hardy (center) holds onto a kickboard as she swims laps during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Zahra McIntosh (center) comes up for a breath as she swims a lap of breast stroke during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Sanaa Hardy comes up for a breath as she swims a lap of butterfly during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Aatiq Bradley (left) holds onto a kickboard as he swims laps during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Jonathan Calhoun (top) stretches for the edge of the pool as he tries to beat Omar Greene in a sprint lap during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Erek Cox (center) holds onto a kickboard as he swims laps during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Donovan Johnson comes up for a breath as he swims a lap of butterfly during practice for the City of Atlanta Dolphins at Adamsville Natatorium on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.